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Renoir, Pierre-Auguste - The Two Sisters, On the Terrace

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste - The Two Sisters, On the Terrace

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bûche de Noël chocolat framboise maison

Bûche de Noël chocolat framboise maison

Deutsch: hausgemachter de:Bûche de Noël; traditionelles frz. Weihnachtsdessert. English: A home made "Bûche de Noël" (yule log), this one is chocolate filled with raspberry jam. French traditional dessert for... More

Gustave Doré - Dante Alighieri - Inferno - Plate 65 (Canto XXXI - The Titans)

Gustave Doré - Dante Alighieri - Inferno - Plate 65 (Canto XXXI - The ...

Gustave Doré's illustrations to Dante's Inferno, Plate LXV: Canto XXXI: The titans and giants. "This proud one wished to make experiment / Of his own power against the Supreme Jove" (Longfellow). Français : ... More

Gustave Doré - Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote - Part 1 - Chapter 1 - Plate 1 "A world of disorderly notions, picked out of his books, crowded into his imagination"

Gustave Doré - Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote - Part 1 - Chapter 1 ...

Plate I of Gustave Doré's illustrations to Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote. From Chapter I. The ordering of images in this edition is a little complex: There are numerous additional illustrations besides the n... More

The Geography Lesson or "The Black Spot"

The Geography Lesson or "The Black Spot"

Nederlands: Schilderij met Elzas en Lotharingen als "zwarte plek". In het school staan een militaire trommel en een rek met wapens. Français : Albert Bettannier, La tache noire, 1887. En plus de l'instruction... More

Thierry Freres - Fromental Halévy, L'Éclair score cover - Restoration

Thierry Freres - Fromental Halévy, L'Éclair score cover - Restoration

Hand-coloured title page to a an 1836 vocal score to Fromental Halévy's , L'éclair. This is possibly the first edition: the opera premièred on 16 December 1835.

Gustave Doré - Dante Alighieri - Inferno - Plate 9 (Canto III - Charon)

Gustave Doré - Dante Alighieri - Inferno - Plate 9 (Canto III - Charon...

Gustave Doré's illustration to Dante's Inferno. Plate IX: Canto III: Arrival of Charon. "And lo! towards us coming in a boat / An old man, hoary with the hair of eld, / Crying: 'Woe unto you, ye souls deprave... More

Gustave Doré - The Holy Bible - Plate I, The Deluge - Gustav Dore

Gustave Doré - The Holy Bible - Plate I, The Deluge - Gustav Dore

"The Deluge", Frontispiece to Doré's illustrated edition of the Bible. Based on the story of Noah's Ark, this shows humans and a tiger doomed by the flood futilely attempting to save their children and cubs. F... More

Minard - Public domain vintage geogrpaphic map

Minard - Public domain vintage geogrpaphic map

Charles Minard's 1869 chart showing the number of men in Napoleon’s 1812 Russian campaign army, their movements, as well as the temperature they encountered on the return path. Lithograph, 62 × 30 cm Français ... More

Morning, Interior - Luce - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan Museum of Art image.

Morning, Interior - Luce - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan Muse...

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William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) - Sewing (1898) Edit

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) - Sewing (1898) Edit

Picryl description: Public domain portrait of a child, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) - At the Edge of the Brook (1875)

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) - At the Edge of the Brook (187...

Public domain scan of a female portrait, woman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vernet-Battle of Hanau, France, 19th century

Vernet-Battle of Hanau, France, 19th century

Battle of Hanau (30-31 October 1813), took part between Austro-Bavarian forces and French forces. This scene illustrates the attack of the Austro-Bavarian cavalry charging the French Grand Battery. Commanding ... More

Franco-Prussian War- Illustrated London News, September 3, 1870

Franco-Prussian War- Illustrated London News, September 3, 1870

العربية: الحرب الفرنسية البروسية: حراس وجنود ومتطوعون فرنسيون. Беларуская: Французскія салдаты часоў франка-прускай вайны (1870—1871): нацыянальныя гвардзейцы, "мабілі", "памп'еры" і дабраахвотнікі. Català: ... More